The Importance of Patients in the Governance of AI
I want to discuss an issue that I am assiduously attempting to teach Boardrooms right now – the importance of patients in the governance of AI. I have sat in meetings where the plan for executing AI across a large healthcare organization had been fully developed; all the boxes on the extensive org chart ready […]
Fundraising Is Governance — Stop Treating It Like Someone Else’s Responsibility
I once sat on a board where it was difficult to recruit members to the fundraising committee and when a committee was finally populated their standing report consisted of one slide and the phrase “staff is handling it.” The organization was perpetually under-resourced, chronically behind on its strategic plan, lost visionary leadership and was genuinely […]
Govern as if the History Book is Watching – Because it is
I am proud of my tenure on the Sibley Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, which ends June 30 after nine years — and especially proud that Sibley has just earned its “Hospital Triple Crown”: the CMS 5-Star Quality Rating, the Leapfrog “A” Hospital Safety Grade, and Magnet® designation for nursing excellence, held simultaneously. Only about […]